olibanum

Questions about olibanum

What does olibanum mean?

olibanum means "an aromatic gum resin obtained from various Arabian or East African trees; formerly valued for worship and for embalming and fumigation".

How many syllables are in olibanum?

olibanum has 4 syllables and divides as o-li-ba-num under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for olibanum?

Close synonyms include frankincense, gum olibanum, thus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is olibanum a common word?

olibanum is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.